Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com announced on Wednesday that it plans to invest 67.5 million yuan (10.74 million U.S. dollars) in developing technology for smart homes, in which electronic devices are inter-linked.
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Mar 042015
Russia should decrease its dependence on outside factors while avoiding total self-isolation, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.
Mar 042015
China’s decision to reduce natural gas prices for commercial entities for the first time in a decade will benefit city gas distributors, according to a Fitch report.
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Hotel employees in Portuguese capital Lisbon began a two week protest on Monday to demand an increase in their wages, local media reported.
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China’s central government provided a total of 2.1 billion yuan (341.2 million U.S. dollars) in 2014 to support press and publishing projects, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on Tuesday.
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Chinese shares fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday as investors worried that a new round of stock offers could divert funds from the market.
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Singapore remains the most expensive city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Uint (EIU).
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The British manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a gauge of industry activity, edged up to 54.1 in February 2015 from the revised 53.0 in January 2015, registering a nine-month high of the reading, said Markit Economics Limited Monday.
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China’s banking regulator on Tuesday urged financial institutions nationwide to channel more financial support to rural areas to help modernize the agriculture sectors.
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A Munich district court on Monday allowed a trial against Juergen Fitschen, co-CEO of Germany’s largest bank Deutsche Bank (DB), for attempted fraud during an earlier trial, a court spokeswoman said.